Troy Shaffer Dr. Hildebrandt CODE122 20 March 2024 Summary of “Faculty and Students disrupt…” The School of Education faculty and students are part of a movement called Critical Quantitative Theory, which is trying to un-separate quantitative and qualitative data in research. This approach known as CritQuant aims to use data and statistics more equitably, particularly…
Month: April 2024
Source Analysis #3
Troy Shaffer Dr. Hildebrandt CODES122 20 February 2024 Summary The Karuk Tribe lives in Northern California, and they like to create healthy landscapes by using small fires. Unfortunately, there were colonial settlers who interrupted this practice by outlawing it. Wildfires and droughts have started to damage the Karuk tribe’s land. So, the Karuk Tribe…
Source Analysis #2
Troy Shaffer Dr. Hildebrandt CODES122 19 February 2024 Highs and Lows: How climate change is affecting people and plants in the Himalayas Summary The Missouri botanical garden is conducting research in the Himalayas to look at climate change and its effects. They are doing this research in China, Bhutan, and Nepal. This research has been…
Lab Writeup #2
Troy Shaffer Dr. Hildebrandt CODES122 16 April 2024 Mixed Methods Lab Our final lab for our research team was broken into two parts, we made a survey about Indigenous Knowledge in Missouri Botanical Gardens (MOBOT), as well as did a focus group with several members of the staff also about Indigenous Knowledge in MOBOT….
Lab Writeup #1
Troy Shaffer Dr. Hildebrandt CODES122 7 February 2024 MOBOT Lab Write-Up The renowned Missouri Botanical Gardens is in St. Louis and has a large collection of plant specimens from all over the world. Our recent visit of the Missouri Botanical Gardens (MOBOT) was to look into the archives in search of plant specimens that could…